Green is better than blue(qīng guò yú lán)

Blue is better than blue

The synonym "blue is better than blue" generally refers to "blue is better than blue" and "blue is better than blue" is a common saying, which means that people can be improved after learning or education. It is often used as a metaphor for students surpassing their teachers or successors.

Examples

Chapter 36 of the second part of the song of youth by Yang Mo: "green is better than blue. Xiao Lin, why should Lao Jiang send me to help you? " You young people are really

interpretation

Indigo is extracted from Polygonum, but its color is darker than that of Polygonum. Indigo: Indigo; indigo: grass that can be used as a dye, such as Polygonum. It means that students surpass teachers, or descendants surpass predecessors. current situation this idiom has been included in the 2014 "Beijing high school entrance examination instructions" (edited by Beijing Institute of education and examination, published by Beijing University of Technology Press). For details, please refer to: Chinese, appendix V, Common Sayings (P.49)

usage

Green is derived from blue, and green from blue; ice is derived from water, and cold from water. ——Xunzi's persuasion

allusion

Li Mi, a scholar of the Northern Wei Dynasty, studied very hard. He was a student of Kong Yu, a doctor of literature. He was diligent, open-minded and eager to learn. A few years later, Li Mi's knowledge surpassed that of his teacher Kong Li, who turned to Li Mi for advice. Students do a song: "blue into blue, blue Xie Qing, teacher he Chang, in Mingjing."

Xunzi: persuading learning

Green is derived from blue, and green from blue; ice is derived from water, and cold from water. Wood straight in the rope, as the wheel, its curve in the rules. Although there is violence, no longer support, but also make it. Therefore, the wood is straight when it receives the rope, and the gold is sharp when it comes to profit. If a gentleman is erudite and has participated in daily practice, he will know that he has done nothing wrong.

Excerpt translation

Indigo is extracted from Polygonum, but it is bluer than Polygonum; ice is made of water, but it is colder than water. If the wood is heated to make it bend into a wheel, its curvature will conform to the compasses. Even if it is dried again, it will not be straight again. This is because it is bent like this manually. Therefore, the wood is straight after ink line measurement, and the metal cutter is sharp after grinding on the grindstone. If a gentleman studies extensively and checks himself every day, he will be wise and clear, and will not make mistakes in his actions.

Characteristics of excerpt writing

It uses a large number of common metaphors in life to make the abstract truth clear, concrete, vivid and easy for readers to accept. There are various forms of metaphor. Sometimes it is used to explain the same things from the same point of view and emphasize the author's point of view. For example: climbing high and moving, following the wind, false horses, false boats, accumulating soil into a mountain, accumulating water into an abyss. sometimes two opposite situations are organized together to form a sharp contrast, so that readers can understand the truth. For example, compare the steed with the horse, the rotten wood with the stone. Sometimes the way of metaphor is reverse before positive, and sometimes it is reverse after positive. The content has different emphases, and the sentence structure changes a lot, so there is no sense of inflexibility in reading. for some metaphors, only metaphors are used and the truth is implied to let readers think. Such as "green out of blue", "cold in water". Some first set up metaphors, and then lead to the truth, such as "climbing and moving, arm is not lengthened, and see far", "false boat, not water, but the river". Some of them first set up metaphors to lead to the truth, and then use other metaphors to further demonstrate. For example, we first use the metaphor of "accumulating soil into a mountain" and "accumulating water into an abyss" to lead to the truth of "accumulating good into virtue, while the gods are satisfied with themselves, and the sacred heart is prepared for it", and then use "not accumulating small steps" and "not accumulating small streams" to further demonstrate.

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